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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam -- In a rare show of force against organized crime and its official protectors within Vietnam's Communist Party leadership and police, a Ho Chi Minh City court imposed the death penalty on southern gang leader Truong Van Cam and five of his underworld associates on Thursday.

Two former members of the Communist Party's powerful Central Committee were sent to prison, one for 10 years and the other for four years. They were among 16 officials convicted of accepting bribes from the illegal syndicate...